Hi, its Lynne here with my New Year's Resolutions to: 1. Be more
organized; 2. Take better care of myself; 3. Finish unfinished projects
from years gone by; and 4. No more melt-downs. For my project to be a
constant reminder of these things, I created a journal and will journal
my progress through the year. Stop by my blog for more pictures of the
beginning of this journey at Her Craftiness.

A Floral themed pocket album that I made for a mother who wanted to gift "something special" to her daughter on her 18th birthday! 18th birthday opens up a NEW world, I am sure you will agree, there will be many New Beginnings.

Happy 2015 everyone! The beginning of a new year means a new
inspirational word for this year. I chose "Breathe". In other words...
relax, stay calm, take one day at a time. Stop by my blog to view more
pictures and information about my project. xoxo Toni

For Anything But a Card New Beginning challenge I decided to re-purpose a
mailing box and several cardboard tubes to hold my crafting
mats.Several years ago I made a
file box to hold my sketches that would look pretty while sitting on my craft
table.Meanwhile my collection of
craft mats were rolled and stored in cardboard tubes . . . nothing pretty about
that!Here is the result, come
check out the process on my blog.

Hi Everyone! I wanted to do something colorful to inspire you, and also something representing a new year of another wonderful creative journey for all of us. I used one of my new Creative Lovely Sketches. This sweet face is part of a Bonus Set of 3 sketches that I found in one of my journals. I did this picture in my Dylusions Journal... I used oil sticks, acrylics, stencils, collaged papers, and of course my imagination. I hope your imagination runs wild this year, and you have the best creative year ever. Please check out my BLOG for more information on my sketches available, Free Stuff, and also a quick tutorial on this journal page. Thank you! xo

For my project this month, I decided to create an art journal page with a
quote that I really like and which I think is perfect for our January
theme. The background has several layers of gesso, acrylic paints and Silk
Acrylic glazes and I used my newest Stencil girl stencil and some
stamping to add some dimension. Do check out myblog for more pictures.

**A REMINDER** This
Challenge will go through midnight January 25th giving you 3 weeks to
play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our
Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

Previous Challenge No. 47 Inspired by the Masters

Previous Challenge No. 46 Fool's GOLD

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